The Woodland Trust has lots of downloadable resources about trees and the environment, that you can use with your scouts. Just click on the links in red below to have a browse around all the free downloadable resources.
- Discovery: Resource packs for youth groups
These packs were developed to encourage children to take an active interest in the outdoors and their environment. Many of the activities can be used or developed to achieve awards and badge work for uniformed groups:
Scouts - Naturalist, Global conservation, Forester
Cubs - Naturalist, Global conservation
Scout Group Award Badges -The Environment Award
- Nature Detectives:
Play lots of games and puzzles
Explore ID sheets, nature diary, worksheets and books
Identify how and where to find things like frogspawn, tree ID
Investigate the changing seasons
Links to other useful information and resources from other organisations:
- Heritage Woods online - particularly relevant information in the 'schools' and 'children' sections
- BBC Breathing places website - information on events happening in your area and notes about the conservation programmes on TV.
- BBC CBBC - fun, games and interesting facts about wildlife
- RSPB kids - lots of fun and facts about birds and wildlife
- Wildlife Watch - an exciting way to explore the natural environment, lots of things to do, explore and identify.
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